El Samurai & Masayuki Naruse vs. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru

[7.0] "Thought this was very good, I thought Kanemaru was the highlight here but Naruse and Samurai made good impressions as well. 3.5 stars"

[9.0] "Matches like these are among my favourite matches just pure tag team excellence. All 4 men just doing everything right with the perfect crowd response, wish matches were like this still"

[6.0] "Samurai and Naruse looked very dominant and intelligent as they established control early on with their heelish teamwork. Kanemaru constantly tried to get in to save Kikuchi from his beatdown, but would usually always be stopped. Kikuchi did an awesome job selling how rocked he was by Naruse? s strikes, to the point that I think he may have genuinely gotten kicked pretty hard in the head because of how genuinely lost and out-of-it he looked. Samurai was again very good as he worked over Kanemaru while aggravating the ringside NOAH fans. Kanemaru showed good spirit and spry attacks every time he gained control. Kikiuchi still looked pretty ? off? whenever he would tag back in, and whether that was kayfabe or not, I found it made for a nice story. He always got great reactions whenever he would dish out his running forearms, and this was extra compelling because his arm had previously been worked over, which all showed that he was willing to put his body on the line to get his team the win. Naruse and Kanemaru started having a pretty decent exchange of power moves and big strikes, building up a lot of excitement as the match came to the close. Kanemaru looked very good as he hit Naruse with bomb after bomb, finally putting him away after 2 brainbusters. This was a pretty good little match. Nice story of the NJPW invaders playing dirty, the loveable Kikuchi being unfairly beaten down but surviving everything, and then Kanemaru dishing out everything he could to get the win for his tag-team and for NOAH as a whole. ***1/4"

[7.0] "Valid chapter of the NJPW/NOAH jr. feud, same Budokan storytelling with NJPW invaders picking up on Kikuchi and Kanemaru hero of the day. ***1/2"

[8.0] "This was a very fun match with a lot of back and forth action. Everyone did very well in it and it was great as a high paced match up. There were a couple of minor miscommunications that brought it down a bit for me, but the ending was as hot as just about any junior tag match will ever be. Definitely an enjoyable bout."